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Date:	Thu, 2 Sep 2010 23:22:45 +0200
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pkt_sched: Fix lockdep warning on est_tree_lock in
 gen_estimator

On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 10:53:33PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le jeudi 02 septembre 2010 ?? 22:12 +0200, Jarek Poplawski a écrit :
> > @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void gen_kill_estimator(struct gnet_stats_basic_packed *bstats,
> >  {
> >  	struct gen_estimator *e;
> >  
> > -	spin_lock(&est_tree_lock);
> > +	spin_lock_bh(&est_tree_lock);
> >  	while ((e = gen_find_node(bstats, rate_est))) {
> >  		rb_erase(&e->node, &est_root);
> >  
> 
> If you lock bh for est_tree_lock(), we dont need _bh for est_lock here

Right. But since the patch was merged and it's not crucial, I guess
you could send a separate patch?

Thanks,
Jarek P. 
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